This paper starts from the definition that "structural unemployment occurs when workers are unable to fill available jobs because they lack the skills, do not live where jobs are available, or are unwilling to work at the wage rate offered in the market." This implies that the number of...

Le present document part de la definition < Le chomage structurel designe la situation dans laquelle les travailleurs ne peuvent occuper les postes disponibles parce qu'ils n'ont pas les competences voulues, n'habitent pas la ou les postes sont offerts ou ne sont pas prets a travailler au salaire offert sur le marche >, ce qui laisse entendre que le nombre de vacances sur le marche canadien du travail est une limite superieure de l'etendue du < chomage structurel >. Le document resume les estimations disponibles du taux de vacance au Canada. Dans le secteur de la haute technologie, les...</chomage></le>

Labour economists have developed elaborate theoretical models and conducted very advanced econometric analysis of the decision making of households. But this emphasis on the supply side of the labour market has not been matched by any corresponding degree of sophistication in empirical analysis...

type="main" <p>Worrying about possible future economic dangers subtracts from the present well-being of individuals, which is why affluent societies have complex systems of private insurance and public social protection to provide a degree of economic security. However, such protections are largely...</p>